Symptoms of urinary and faecal incontinence among men and women 75+ in relations to health complaints and quality of life

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-222

  Stenzelius, Karin ^a   Mattiasson, Anders ^b   Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm ^a   Westergren, Albert ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aged 80 and over; Double incontinence; Faecal incontinence; Nursing; Quality of Life; Symptoms; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FECES; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH PAIN; SYMPTOM; URINE; URINE INCONTINENCE; AGE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWEDEN; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 2542475166     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20030     Document Type: Article

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